Comparing the numbers only gets you so far. This one runs the actual decision — household economics, timing tradeoffs, and nine real situations — and shows why a gay couple should treat this as two immigration decisions, not one.
Kent’s residency path runs through the Qualified Investor Visa — Brian’s already secured through Pensionado. Here’s the $300,000 real estate route, the deadline that hits in nine weeks, and the marriage-recognition problem almost no other site mentions.
Every straight-couple guide says “add your spouse as a dependent.” Ours can’t. Here’s exactly what changes — and what doesn’t — when two men try to get residency in Panama on two separate timelines, including what we’re actually doing about it.